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Google Scholar Profile, > 7000 citations Patent [01] G. Mountrakis (Inventor). Multi-scale radial basis function neural network. Full patent (#7,577,626) Issued August 18, 2009. More… Journal Papers + identifies current or former graduate student. [62] Mountrakis, G. and Heydari+, S. (2024). Effect of intra-year Landsat scene availability in land cover […]
Read MoreNASA New Investigator Award
Dr. Mountrakis is the recipient of the prestigious New Investigator Award from NASA’s Earth Science Division. Every two years NASA invites proposals from untenured faculty to address novel research questions related to NASA’s mission (similar to NSF’s CAREER award). Proposals compete from all Earth Science Programs and a very limited […]
Read MoreESF goes to space
Spring 2015 A new and improved experiment took place in May 2015. This time we have used a Raspberry Pi computer with cameras and GPS and a separate radio transmitter. Our team managed to get to 110,000 feet this time. For more coverage check there: ESF goes to Space website […]
Read MoreGIS and Remote Sensing Journal List with Impact Factors
GIS and Remote Sensing Journal List with Impact Factors The following list provides impact factors for relevant GIS and Remote Sensing scientific journals. 2013 Impact Factor , (5-year Impact Factor for 2013 , 5-year Impact Factor for 2011) Journal Name ** Remote Sensing 4.77 (6.07, 5.28) Remote Sensing of Environment 2.90 […]
Read MoreUsing LIDAR to assess the roles of climate and land-cover dynamics in biodiversity changes
Collaborators: Dr. Giorgos Mountrakis, Dr. Bill Porter, Dr. Colin Beier, Dr. Ben Zuckerberg, Dr. Lianjun Zhang, Dr. Bryan Blair Funders: NASA Biodiversity Program Motivation: Recent work has demonstrated a northern shift in bird habitats over the past 20 years in NY State. Our motivating question is to assess whether this […]
Read MoreA GIS-based urban growth model for Denver, Colorado
Collaborators: Dr. Giorgos Mountrakis, Jida Wang, Dr. Dimitrios Triantakonstantis Funders: NSF, NASA, SUNY ESF Graduate Assistantship Motivation: Urbanization is an important issue concerning scientists from different disciplines such as urban planners, biologists, engineers and is also extensively considered by policy-makers. A computational model quantifying locations and quantities of urban growth […]
Read MoreA multi-scale radial basis function neural network
Collaborators: Dr. Giorgos Mountrakis Funders: University of Maine covered patent application fees. Motivation: One of the constraints of radial basis function (RBF) neural networks revolves around the ability to combine local functions of variable spreads. Development of a multi-scale RBF would allow RBFs to exhibit their full potential in regression […]
Read MoreSatellite image classification by integrating multiple AI methods
Collaborators: Dr. Giorgos Mountrakis, Lori Luo, Dr. R. Watts Funders: Multiple sources. Motivation: Remote sensing as a field of study has reached its adulthood; computer-assisted classifiers have been in development for more than two decades. The complexity of remote sensing classification has led to a variety of methods, some of […]
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Spatiotemporal analysis on animal-vehicle collisions
Collaborators: Dr. Giorgos Mountrakis, Kari Gunson Funders: Humane Society, SUNY ESF Graduate Assistantship Motivation: Moose-vehicle collisions (MVCs) pose a serious safety and environmental concern in many regions of Europe and North America. For example, in the state of Vermont one-third of all reported MVCs resulted in motorist injury or fatality […]
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